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Digital media regulation: Is what’s going on Down Under set to come over?
March 15, 2021
Joel Herga, Account Director Early 2021, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, all eyes are on Australia. It is not however because of the countries much-admired hotel quarantine system or their hard and fast regional lockdowns but because of a new law that has more to do with regulating cyberspace than track and trace. On the 24th February, the Australian Government passed a new law requiring digital platforms to pay media outlets and publishers...
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Swipe to Meet… Tejas Chandarana, Account Executive—Brand Marketing
March 15, 2021
As a team, all the brilliantly talented, unique individuals that work at FleishmanHillard deliver amazing work for our clients. Each person’s individual strengths, passions and ambitions are what makes FleishmanHillard UK an incredible agency, a diverse talent pool of creative minds solving complex communications challenges and a certified ‘Best Place to Work’. We asked account executive, Tejas Chandarana about his experience working in the Brand Marketing team at FleishmanHillard UK, what he includes in his working from...
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FleishmanHillard UK awarded PRCA CMS Gold accreditation
March 10, 2021
FleishmanHillard UK has been awarded Gold Communications Management Standard (CMS) accreditation by the PRCA. We join an elite group of PR agencies that have held the CMS accreditation continuously for more than fifteen years. Holding CMS status as an agency represents the gold-standard of communications practice. It shows that we are committed to best practice, ethical behaviour, diversity and inclusion, campaign effectiveness, leadership and taking a joint approach to tackling some of the biggest issues...
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The pandemic and the gender pay gap
March 8, 2021
Carly Hilkin, Associate Director, Purposeful Business Two weeks ago, the UK Government announced that employers will have an additional six months to report their gender pay gap data for 2020, due to the continued effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. In other words, companies that fail to meet the original gender pay gap reporting deadline of 4th April will not face enforcement until October this year. The news comes as campaigners and business leaders have been...
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Depali O’Connell, director of insights to judge PRmoment Awards
March 5, 2021
Depali "Dee" O’Connell, senior vice president, partner & director of insights and strategy to judge this year's PRmoment Awards! The awards celebrate excellence in the most outstanding PR and marketing campaigns and reward exceptional talent from across the UK PR and Communications landscape. The awards are open for entries until Friday 26th March. Contact us...
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How social channels are beginning to dispel ‘Fake News’
March 3, 2021
Maranatha Peterside, Senior Account Executive and Chloe Platts, Senior Account Manager Over the past few years, social media platforms have been trying to dispel fake news. Whether it’s political elections or, more recently, vaccine information it’s easy for almost anyone to spread incorrect information across social channels. Something that we as consumers tend to hold platforms responsible for. As a social channel, Facebook is constantly evolving away from its beginnings as a site for college...
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Culture Trends Report 2021 – The Cultural Rate of Covid
March 2, 2021
Introducing our latest trend report, 'The cultural rate of Covid', authored by Head of Consumer and Brand Marketing, EMEA Lauren Winter. The report looks at how the cultural landscape has mutually shaped and been shaped by COVID-19 and how brands can understand the cultural shifts to have a dialogue with consumers with a new mindset. People took stock. They irrevocably changed. The new normal was ushered in. But ...the wave of human resistance to change is ever-present...
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FleishmanHillard features in the PRWeek UK Power Book 2021
March 2, 2021
Once again, Jim Donaldson, Ali Gee, Kev O’Sullivan and Tim Snowball have all made it into the “definitive guide to the brightest and most influential PR professionals in Britain”, the PRWeek UK Power Book. Check out their Power Book 2021 entries in full here. Contact us...
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Ellie Tuck joins FleishmanHillard as creative director
March 1, 2021
FleishmanHillard announces the appointment of Ellie Tuck as global creative director. Reporting to UK executive creative director, Kev O’Sullivan and chief business development officer Della Sweetman, Ellie will lead the London creative team and work on global client briefs. “The future is female, and we are delighted to finally welcome Ellie to FleishmanHillard. This is a pivotal time for Ellie to come on board to lead us creatively when the outstanding work we do for clients...
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Kev O’Sullivan joins first PR mental health charter committee
February 26, 2021
Kev O’Sullivan, senior vice president, senior partner and executive creative director joins a cross-industry group of PR leaders forming the inaugural PR Mental Health and Wellbeing Charter Committee. The committee includes PR and communications leaders from large and small PR consultancies, plus senior representatives from industry trade bodies PRCA and the CIPR. Together they aim to address the impact of a year in lockdown on staff’s mental health and develop an industry charter to improve...